- From: David Goss <dvdgoss@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 20:48:11 +0100
- To: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com>
- Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Mathew Marquis <mat@matmarquis.com> wrote: >> When we get ?something new to optimize for,? we start adding that thing going forward. The evolution of media queries?or, say, HTML5?hasn?t led to a need to constantly revisit every piece of client work a developer has ever produced. > > In the case of webkit prefixes, authors have needed to update their > work, have failed to do so, and now user agents are having to support > webkit prefixes. Agreed, but I don't think it's a fair comparison - we're not talking about deprecating <img> with either new proposal. Existing work isn't becoming invalid. It'll be something we can use to do a better job from now on.
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